Intel : Computer Hardware Buyers’ Glossary

a maker of CPU (Central Processing Unit) chips, high quality motherboards and chip sets
(interface chips to help the CPU hook to other parts of the computer). Intel chips have
an embedded serial number which allows software and spyware to track individual
computers. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
chips don’t have them. I avoid Intel products where possible, not because of
poor quality, but because Intel supports the apartheid system in Israel.

Most of Intel’s processors are locked. You cannot
run them faster than their rated speeds. This prevents criminals selling low-rated
processors as higher speed, when they are not reliable at that speed. Sometimes Intel
sells unlocked processors which lets you overclock them to run them super fast, but unreliably. This is suitable
for gaming but not accounting.

The new Haswell line of CPUs (Central Processing Units) for desktops and notebooks
are 10% faster than before for the same clock speed. What
is more important is they take less power. This means longer battery life.